Chapter 21 of Never on My side

Taylor looked away, completely terrified as the person walked closer to her and bent down before her. She subsequently saw the wolf emerge from the darkness and sit beside her, she realized that if anything happened, he would protect her, so she just watched as the figure unveiled himself from beneath his black hood and to her shocking surprise, it was a guy…

He stretched his hand out to pat his companion on the head as she gazed into his deep dream blue eyes, wondering who this mysterious person was…

"Hello." He said quietly as he smiled. "What's a pretty girl like you doing out here?"

"Well, um.." she blushed a bit, but controlled it just enough to answer him, and possibly change the topic. "I fell over the waterfall, I think, that's all I can remember though… Is he yours?" she asked referring to the wolf beside her.

"Yea. I raised him from he was a couple days old, his mother died after birth."

"How sad… But you must've done a great job, cause if it wasn't for him, I don't know if I would still be alive."

"I guess you deserve a big treat when you get back home." He said rubbing the wolf's head. Then he looked back at her "My name's Ryan, and yours?"

"Taylor." "Umm, do you live around here?" she asked, feeling a terrible pain in her side.

"Yes, through the woods and in the mansion, not far from here… I should take you back there, you shouldn't be alone out here, who know what would eat you."

With that, she allowed him to lift her off the ground, he had strange look on his face that she didn't quite understand, when he looked at the bruise on hand, but she wrapped it with her long sleeve, so it was no longer visible…

It wasn't long before they reached the mansion and Taylor watched in awe at the huge house.

"We're here."